Hair curling and waving device



July 24, 1934. w s c g ET AL 1,967,544

HAIR CURLING AND WAVING DEVICE Fi1ed;April 12, 1953 :EZl-

Z INVENTORS; 2 William Sinz'ch'er fi and Minnie ,5. Clozzgh,

2Q BY I I ATTORNEY.

Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE City, Mo.

Application April 12, 1933, Serial No. 665,650

Our invention relates to a new and usefulhair curling and waving device, and one object is the provision of a simple and inexpensive device of this character whereby the hair may be readily curled or waved without the application of heat.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which may be employed to advantage in curling and waving bobbed hair, and

which may be readily applied to or removed from the hair.

A further object is the provision of a hair,curling and'waving device free from sharp comers or angles in which the hair might become caught 16 or broken and thereby cause annoyance to the user.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and not likely to get out of order.

Other objects will hereinafter'appear and in order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device extended.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3-43 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the device.

Fig. 5 is a cross section of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 6 is a detail of a modified portion 01 the device.

In the form shown by Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the device comprises two main cooperating members 2 and 4, operably connected at one end by a pivot 6.

The member 2 is of tubular form and has two diametrically opposed longitudinal slots 8 which terminate at one end of the member 2 in flaring mouths 10 in order that the hair can be readily inserted in said slots 8. The opposite closed end of the member 2 is reduced in width and flattened as indicated at 11 to fit between the fiat terminals 12 of the member 4 which are operably connected to the flattened portions 11 by the pivot 6.

The member 2 comprises a pair of elements 14 which are rigidly connected at their flattened ends 11 by a pair of lugs 16. The lugs 16 are struck from the elements 14 and each lug is passed through an opening 18 in the companion member and then up-set or riveted to firmly draw and hold the two elements 14 together. The member 4 is bent into U-form to provide a clamp for holding the hair firmly in position upon the tubular member 2, as will hereinafter ppe In practice one or more strands of hair may be curled by grasping their ends and holding them taut while the slotted portions 8 of the member 2 are slipped into position over said strands, the flaring mouths acting as a guide for that purpose. The member 2 is then rotated to curl the'hair thereon, after which the hair is firmly secured in place by swinging the clamping member 4 from open position to the closed position shown by Fig. 2. The members 2 and 4 are slightly resilient as indicated by dotted lines Fig. 2, and hence when the clamping member 4 is closed over that portion of the hair rolled upon the member 2 its longitudinal sides are bulged slightly by the rolled hair which is thereby firmly held between said members 2 and 4. Bulging of the longitudinal sides of the member 4 causes [5 them to exert inward pressure upon the rolled hair and the member 2, with the result that that portion of the hair extending through the slots 8- is firmly gripped between the edges of said slots.

To wave the hair it is alternately wrapped first upon one element 14 and then the other, the hair being crossed in the slots 8 somewhat on the order of the crossed portion of a numeral eight.

In the modified form shown by Fig. 5, the sides of the clamping member 4a are of curved cross sectional configuration to conform to a certain extent with the curvature of the tubular member 2a in order to present a broader surface to the hair and hold it more firmly in position upon the member 2a and between the slots 8a.

In the modified form shown by Fig. 6 the member 2b is made in one piece instead of two pieces as disclosed by Figs. 1 and 2. In other respects the construction is the same as indicated by corresponding reference numerals with exponents b.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that we have provided a device which is well adapted for the purpose intended, and while we have shown several forms of the device, we reserve all rights to such other forms and modiflcations thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a resilient tubular member upon which hair may be rolled, said member having two longitudinal diametrically opposed slots extending almost the entire length of said member and open at one end for the reception of a portion 01 the hair, and metallic clamping means operably connected to said tubular member andv to leave diametrically opposed intervening slots, fastening means on said abutting ends for firmly securing them together, a clamping member 0! U-iorm holding the roll of hair in place, and pivotal means operably connecting the ends of said clamping member to one end of the approximately semitubular elements.

WILLIAM STRICKER. MINNIE S. CLOUGH. 

